Electrochemical behavior of La(iii) was studied on liquid Bi electrode. Thermodynamic properties of five La–Bi intermetallic compounds and Li3Bi were calculated from emf measurements.

This work presents the electrochemical behaviors of U on a liquid Bi electrode and the formation of Bi-U intermetallic compounds in LiCl-KCl eutectic. It was found that the deposition of U on the liquid Bi electrode was a two-step process. The activity coefficient of U in the liquid Bi was determined by coulometric titration and in-situ open circuit chronpotentiometry versus two different reference electrodes at the temperature range of 723 to 813K. The solubility of U in liquid Bi was evaluated by pulse electrolysis. Furthermore, thermodynamic properties of Bi-U intermetallic compounds were measured by open circuit chronopotentiometry. The linear dependence of the Gibbs free energy of formation as a function of temperature was obtained, from which the enthalpy and entropy of formation were also determined. The activities and partial molar Gibbs free energies of U in two phase coexisting states were calculated through the measurement of electromotive force. Galvanostatic electrolysis was then conducted to prepare Bi-U intermetallic compound in the LiCl-KCl-UCl 3 melt on a liquid Bi electrode. The phase composition and microstructure of the alloy was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS).